User talk:Queenmomcat/Archive 4

Drafts

 * /Basilan Archipelago section
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Wesel Rail Bridge
The Wesel Rail Bridge article needs a substantial amount of rewriting, and it needs correction of rotten links and more inline citations. There are associated articles, such as 371st Engineer Construction Battalion and Bombing of Wesel in World War II, and even Wesel, Germany. The book I mentioned above gave plenty of details about the German General Alfred Schlemm, who was defending Wesel but responsible for 9 Rhine bridges, including the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen.

I am going to leave the rewriting of any or all of these articles to you. I did some updating to the 371st article a few minutes ago. There is some excellent information online, aber auf Deutsch, but I can puzzle that out with my high school German. The Rhineland book has some excellent maps at the back. I started a new section on this article for ease of communication. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:58, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your faith in me! I'll see what I can do. In between things like work, and other RL issues, that is. Queenmomcat (talk) 17:59, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
 * RL=Research Librarian? 3D? Actually, no hurry. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:39, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * In a manner of speaking; I'm a reference librarian at a public library. (I was actually thinking "real life", though.Queenmomcat (talk) 17:04, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * 3D=real life back in the Bulletin Board era of computer networking.--DThomsen8 (talk) 22:34, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * ....(engages brain)....duh, right: 3D=three dimensional. And someday I'll have to get over the fear that the "new messages" flag when I re-enter Wikipedia means I've done something wrong or messed with someone's precious baby project. Queenmomcat (talk) 00:50, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Oh, I have the same fear that I am about to get criticism, or someone wants to delete something I worked hard on, but often it is something interesting, or a request for help, or better yet, a barnstar that I did not expect. I was expecting the GOCE barnstar, though, and I will move it over to my user page. I saw someone else with barnstars on the user page, and I am doing likewise. (Monkey see, Monkey do...) On the other hand, an editor from a particular project sent me four times in a row within about 5 minutes, don't update the class or importance of his project templates. That was harassment, but I just let it go. Better to log off, go to bed, and decide what to do in the morning. In the morning, I decided to let it go, but when I really, really want a class or importance on that project's templates, I have a buddy on Wikipedia who is far more active than I am on that project, and I ask him, via email, to do the settings for me. --DThomsen8 (talk) 01:18, 6 April 2011 (UTC)


 * User:Canglesea has updated Talk:Wesel Rail Bridge with some evaluations which may be of interest to you.


 * You should try to make the three evaluations marked "n" change to "y" if you can. Plain copyediting could fix the grammatical errors, but I still think the appropriate approach is a complete rewrite. The references are a mess, and the content is inadequate. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:02, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I got the copyedits/grammar corrections (I think!) and changed the "B class 4" to 'y'; was that correct? (so far as I know, I got all the grammar/punctuation errors.)
 * Grammar looks good now. References are a big problem, and content close behind. I had hoped to find more content at the FLP, no success on the first try on the specific topic of the bridge, but lots on the Rhineland campaign, including a book on the Remagen floating bridges. The Wesel Rail Bridge was different in being a fixed rail bridge, constructed very rapidly but very soundly.--DThomsen8 (talk) 17:26, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
&hellip;for copyediting my city. -- Eisfbnore  talk 17:33, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! It seemed a worthwhile article about an important city, and just needed a bit of polishing. Queenmomcat (talk) 17:59, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

Request
I appreciate your work on wiki. Thanks for touching down on Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia‎. I have put alot of work into Father Le Loutre's War wiki page and am wondering if you might look at it to clean it up and make any suggestions for me to improve it.--Hantsheroes (talk) 07:23, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm flattered! I'll see what I can do...Queenmomcat (talk) 11:53, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Great copyediting. Much appreciated.--Hantsheroes (talk) 09:24, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome; glad to help. Queenmomcat (talk) 12:03, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

GOCE May Drive
Participants are already getting their entry template in for the GoCE May Drive. I have made a list to work on when May Day arrives. Join us!--DThomsen8 (talk) 02:04, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist)
Something is wrong with the references for Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist). Also, there is now a very large addition, but perhaps not well worded. Please take a look for me. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:11, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do; thank you for sending a distraction my way right now Queenmomcat (talk) 14:14, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Good work so far. I provided a link for Sally Franklin. Benjamin Franklin had no legitimate children, only the loyalist son and this daughter. This article glosses over that. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:30, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Having read the article on Deborah Read, I see what you mean...I'll see about rephrasing the article on BacheQueenmomcat (talk) 15:04, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Note the school named for Bache, mentioned on the talk page. That should be in the article. Franklin's decendants gloss over the first generation, too. See Agnes Irwin and her Main Line school. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

Copyediting High Schools
I am copyediting two high schools. One of them has a very brief academics description, and then many athletics subsections listing years of championships, with plenty of inline citations. I am considering chopping those lists down. I have already deleted some peacock words. As an experienced copyeditor, I value your advice. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:01, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * (bemused, flattered) I'll see what I can do; I assume they're listed in your list of contributions? Queenmomcat (talk) 00:44, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course they are in my list of GoCE drive working articles, as well as contributions. --DThomsen8 (talk) 00:47, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, those articles...let me see what I can do without jeopardizing your claim to them for the copyedit drive.Queenmomcat (talk) 00:50, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) As the Glenelg High School article stands, I'd say remove (or drastically shorten) the list of sports championships, and combine the separate music/band sections into one, with subsections; there's no context provided for why sports and music should comprise something like 85% of the article. (e.g. are students known for feeding into the professional sports leagues or the Olympics? do the school's students go off to Juilliard?)Queenmomcat (talk) 01:02, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) The Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High Charter School is a bit more problematic; there's something not quite encyclopedic in tone about the whole article, the history section in particular, but again, I'd start by combining the sports sections into one. I'm not anti-sports, I swear, but in this case, it doesn't seem to be the notable/interesting thing about this particular high school.Queenmomcat (talk) 01:36, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Royal Oman Police
I have been asked to review the Royal Oman Police article, but right now I have many real life obligations, and I am reluctant to do very much on Wikipedia. However, I was amused by the ROP camel band photo. They appear to be playing bagpipes! --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:26, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've got a bit of extra time on my hands; I'll see if I can make any suggestions. (Darned if that's not exactly what it looks like the riders are doing...)Queenmomcat (talk) 13:44, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive update
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The Wikifier: March 2011
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June 2011 Wikification Drive
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE elections
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WikiProject Wikify Discussion Invitation
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GoCE July Drive
I see that you have signed up for the July GoCE drive, but so far haven't done any copyedits. I miss you. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:23, 7 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I see that you are also involved in the Wikify effort. Could you please look at Zigor and Gernika, which I copyedited, but I am not sure if my Wikify efforts are done right. --DThomsen8 (talk) 15:25, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * (soothingly) You'd think that being unemployed, I'd have MORE time for wikipedia editing! the garden and Mount TBR have called too loudly thus far but I've been eyeing the copyedit drive wistfully. I'll come back.
 * Gernika seems at least tolerably well done though I'll go back to see if it needs any more polishing, but I can't find a 'Zigor' article, or rather, I find three. Which did you mean?


 * Zigor (opera) and Gernika (opera) are the two articles I copyedited. Sorry, overly hasty posting. --DThomsen8 (talk) 23:34, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Better? (finally getting around to signing my comments again. Derp.) Queenmomcat (talk) 00:49, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
 * No, much better, both of them. Easier to read and follow now, rather stilted wording before.--DThomsen8 (talk) 01:11, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Requested copyedit
If you are quick, you can do Mohammad Nasim Faqiri as a requested but easy copyedit. As you can see, I am testing the idea of requesting a copyedit on an article which is not FA or GA quality, but where I want prompt action on behalf of the WP:ARS. --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:07, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Let me see what I can do...Queenmomcat (talk) 13:13, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Better? Queenmomcat (talk) 13:28, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Much better. Would you agree that |cleanup=July 2011|confusing=July 2011|wikify=July 2011 can be deleted from the issues? --DThomsen8 (talk) 13:51, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * I think they can be removed. Certainly, I like the idea of keeping many of the articles on minor things/people/events; how else would I learn what a pie floater is? They don't have to be long, to be sure, but it's nice to find out about someone not well known outside of zir country, such as Faqiri.Queenmomcat (talk) 16:10, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive report
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GOCE drive newsletter
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GOCE drive newsletter
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ARS Source searches
I have revised an entry on the ARS project page and posted it on the ARS talk page, but it occurred to me that a librarian might have another entry. These are potential sources to use when an AfD is being rescued, and better sources are needed. Note that there are no Wikipedia articles for NewsLibrary (but one is needed), nor for Library of Congress Authorities (but that entry could be added to the Library of Congress article). Any advice or comments?--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:58, 15 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Google News Google News Free
 * Google Book Search Google Books Free
 * Google Scholar Google Scholar Free
 * NewsLibrary.com NewsLibrary Fee
 * FindArticles.com FindArticles Fee
 * World Cat WorldCat Free
 * Wikipedia Reference Search by the WRS project Free
 * Library of Congress Authorities Library of Congress Authorities Free
 * Political Graveyard The Political Graveyard Free


 * Another editor has created a redirect for Library of Congress Authorities to the LOC article, which does not describe LOC Authorities. We need a librarian to create a description of the LOC Authorities, to be added to the appropriate LOC article. Beyond the main article, there are articles on Classification and Subjects, and perhaps the LOC Authorities fit in there somehow.  --DThomsen8 (talk) 19:59, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks like someone's come up with an article for Newslibrary already (I tweaked it, but otherwise a good start). I'll poke about the other articles you mention and see what I can come up with.
 * Is Library of Congress Subject Headings related to what I am calling Library of Congress Authorities]]? It seems to be the same to me, but I am not a librarian, just a library fan and supporter. --DThomsen8 (talk) 18:13, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sort of--the subject headings are a part of the "authorities"; these authority records include not only a standardized set of descriptors (subject headings) but also a standardized way to enter the author's name, the book's title, and so on and so forth. [runs off to check whether there's an article on library cataloguing generally...]
 * What did you learn about the coverage of library cataloging? --DThomsen8 (talk) 11:53, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

GoCE September Drive
I signed up for the GoCE September Drive, and did not do even one article. I was too busy with 3D matters and other efforts on Wikipedia. Maybe I will join the November Drive, and contribute after November 8th. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:01, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Tch! (don't feel bad: despite (still) being unemployed, I didn't exactly do much in September either; who knew a book blog could take up so much time?)

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report
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